I have a MacBook Pro 8,2 (15 inch, early 2011) running Yosemite (with encryption enabled). I have a strange problem that seems to relate to my boot drive (Samsung 840 Pro SSD).
The system runs great ...

I have a MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 that started to not see it's internal SATA HDD.
I can connect the HDD in question to the computer via SATA > USB adapter and it works fine (Mac can even boot from it ...

I just put a nice new Samsung 850 SSD drive into my Mac Pro 5.1 and noticed that it maxes out at 250MB/s write/read. The drive should be capable of speeds around 500MB/s, so the culprit here is surely ...

What is the highest capacity hard drive model that would fit and work reliably in the optical bay of a 15" late 2011 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,2)?
As far as I can tell, the issues at play are physical ...

It's pretty weird, seeing that HDD's are recognisable, and that SSD works when in an enclosure (Crucial M500).
I've read somewhere that it could be an issue with the cable, but I bought a replacement ...

I'm looking to install Proxmox on my MacPro3,1 and it's suggested that if you plan to use the system for 5 years that you install a Hardware RAID card with a battery in it, so that if the power goes ...

It seems there is a formatting issue / dead hdd in my macbook, as I have the infamous ? despite ensuring a good connection with the sata cable. Is it ok to plug the 2.5" macbook hdd into the standard ...

Macbook Pro Retina 13 (late 2012) SSD replacement, putting in a SATA 2.5' drive?
Before you jump in and say no it can't be done please read the below information to see it can be done.
The late 2012 ...

Ok strange one this and really can't figure it out.
Took out a dead 250gb apple (fujitsu) drive from 13" 2.53 intel core 2 duo
(mid 2009) model.
I cloned a copy of 10.6.8 using superduper to the new ...

The arguments raised in another question (and answer) about this as to where to install the SSD when running one with an HDD said to demote the ol' spinning platters to the optical bay because the HDD ...

I have a MacBook Pro (Early 2011, MacBookPro8,2) which I cannot reboot, otherwise I have to reinstall Mavericks every time. Sleep mode works, luckily, but sometimes I need to reboot.
In April my HDD ...

Is there a repair I can do to the hard drive bus on a MacBook Pro 2007?
I've changed the SATA cable but it still won't see the drive, which I know is good as it boots externally! Disk Utility doesn't ...

Mid 2012 MBP with OEM hard drive. I booted it this morning to a flashing question mark folder. I happened to have an external drive with OSX on it, booted to that external drive just fine. I opened ...

I have a Samsung 840 Pro in my 2009 Mac Pro, and due to the 2009 Mac Pro only being SATA 2 I get about half the read/write speeds. I've been doing some research and I came across a SATA 3 PCI-E card ...

I purchased a Seagate ST4000DX001 4TB SATA Hybrid Drive (SSHD) and installed it into my Mac Pro (six core 3.33 GHZ MacPro5,1) in one of the internal SATA drive bays. However, the system didn't see it ...

I was having hard drive problems with my mid-2010 unibody Macbook Pro. I bought a new hard drive and set up it using a SATA to USB cable before installing. Everything worked great so long as I had the ...

I'm trying to get a SATA III hard drive to work in my MacbookPro5,1. I think I've finally figured out that if I downgrade the EFI firmware to version 1.6, my computer will negotiate the link at SATA 1 ...

I am on a 2012 Mac Pro. I just asked it to copy my iTunes music folder which happens to be 40GB. Now, SATA shows a 3Gb speed, so ~320Gb of data should take all of 110 seconds. I know 3Gb is the high ...

Macbook Pro Mid 2012, original SSD.
TLDR; Why could I clone my unmountable drive from an external enclosure but not internally?
My SSD broke down a few days ago. It was detected, but I was unable to ...

As the title states, I recently got a used Hard Drive from another MacBook Pro and installed it into my MacBook. The problem, is the laptop will not recognize it at all. The old hard drive just goes ...

I'd like to buy an SSD drive for my MacBook aluminium (MacBook5,1 from 2008). What do I need to know to buy one which will work fine with it?
I.e. years ago any IDE drive would fit any IDE slot, but ...

I have a lightly hot-rodded, early 2008 MacPro 3,1. Boots from an SSD mounted in the lower optical bay and attached to the second optical SATA port. Each of the four internal drive bays hosts a 3TB ...

I have a MacBook pro, 2009, 13 inch, Original Snow leopard OS.
Recently, I was experiencing that my MacBook some times froze or restarted automatically! I didn't care, and one day it did not start!
...

I recently purchased a Crucial M4 SSD 256GB for my Macbook Pro Early 2011. I bought the transfer kit that includes the USB to SATA cable. After I initially format the new SSD to be Mac compatible, I ...

I'm thinking about buying a macbook pro (latest 2012 version) and it seems sensible (from a financial point of view) to buy the standard built in hard disk and do the upgrade to SSD myself.
In order ...